update: i've been feeling better most of the day, sans jack. lots and lots of tea. some steam after work. cough mostly gone, voice mostly better. but mega-coughing bouts have been experienced, and i'm still far from well.

i'm fearing that my streak of unnecessarily frequent and generally uninteresting streak posting will soon be up, as i've now realized that we're getting pretty freakin' close to the season. i've got a pretty sharp intern who's taking over most of our media guide, but the program, my area, is greatly lacking at this point. last season, i spent the last three weekends of march at the office, and i don't anticipate that this season will be particularly different.

however, some different circumstances:
last year, my deadline was mid-april. this year, i should really have everything ultra done by the end of the month.

last year, i wasn't forced to use vacation time. this year, i have been, and i'll use it for the first two days of the ncaa tournament. the plan includes a trip home wednesday night, a tv exchange, catching the first day of games on thursday, and a trip home friday morning in time for the afternoon games.

i figure i'll be in for most of the saturday the 19th. i don't know about the 20th...i'd like to take that one off.

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anybody got ideas on upcoming interesting records? the bloc party's record is supposed to be pretty great, and i believe it comes out on tuesday the 22nd. beck's guero has to be out soon, and i generally think he's worth following.

the last two years have seen fine fine records come out the first tuesday of april: the white stripes elephant in 2003, and modest mouse's good news for people who love bad news. i know this because, each of the last two years, i've gone to the record store immediately after our meet the team dinner. i'm a geek.